Can Celeste be a name for a boy?

Question

I have called one of my pet cats Celeste because HE has very special qualities and the meaning of the Spanish adjective more than applies to HIM. However, I have now been told that Celeste is a girl's name. Please could you clarify this for me. Many thanks!

Thanks so much all of you! I've had a few giggles at some of the replies and have found the more serious ones very informative.

This name exists in English too, I've never heard it on a boy. But it's a cat. I don't think he'll be traumatised i you raise him as a girl. - rabbitwho, Mar 28, 2011

Perhaps you could alter it slightly to Celestus (sort of re-Latinizing it)?? - Lector_Constante, Mar 28, 2011

Answer 1

Call your cat what you please, but please do not name a baby boy Celeste!

L0L - DJ_Huero, Mar 28, 2011

Answer 2

It would be safer to go with something more conventional, like Moon Unit.

Answer 3

Ce·leste? ?/s??l?st/ Show Spelled [suh-lest] Show IPA

–noun a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “heavenly.”

As a boy's name I think it ranks right up there with "Sue", but as rabbit pointed the cat will be okay with it as long as you don't dress him up in pink.

Pink is okay, just don't send him to an all girl's school. - rabbitwho, Mar 28, 2011

Okay, yhou heard it straight from the rabbit's mouth - pink it is! (skip the dress, just dye the cat pink) - Ron_Austin, Mar 28, 2011

Answer 4

I think it is a "pretty" girls' name.

Answer 5

Could be, but I do not recommend it you hahahaha. Not really, Celeste is usually a girl name in spanish.

Answer 6

Never heard of it as a boy's name. Depending on where you are located, it may sound odd. It definitely will in a Spanish speaking country. Anyway, I don't think your cat would have any trouble with it.